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Art and Nationalism in Oceania; Reason for the Choice Cooperation Asked Symposium Told of Political- Cultural Ties in Islands

By ROBERT TRUMBULLSpecial to The New York Times ();

August 28, 1974,

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Museums, as repositories of a cultural heritage, are a focus of nationalism in the emerging South Pacific island states, according to findings aired at a meeting of leading scholars from a dozen countries in this Canadian industrial city.

August 28, 1974

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